Kolekole Beach Park is a Hawaii county park on the island of Hawai’i. The park is about 3 mi (4.8 km) downstream from ʻAkaka Falls, with an additional waterfall on the Kaʻahakini stream that drops directly from a small cliff into the main Kolekole Stream as it forms an estuary at the ocean. The stream passes through a rainforest containing several varieties of orchids. The stream flows about 12.4 miles (20.0 km) from an elevation of about 8,000 ft (2,400 m) on the eastern slope of Mauna Kea to sea level. The Hawaii Belt Road (state route 19) passes over the park on a high bridge. The park is located in the South Hilo District. The name Kolekole means "raw or scarred" in the Hawaiian language. The steel girder and truss bridge is over 500 ft (150 m) long. It provides the only major road between the town of Hilo and the Hāmākua district. It was originally built as a railroad bridge for sugarcane trains, but after the 1946 tsunami the railroad was abandoned and the bridge rebuilt for automobiles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolekole_Beach_Park